how the specification of the neighbourhood weight matrix will affect the smoothing properties of the CAR model, and this … neighbourhood weight matrix to smooth according to a key covariate (i.e. maternal age), incorporating a ZIP component to model …

215 dairy farms in England and Wales. A number of alternative specifications for the spatial weight matrix are used to …

spatial Durbin model. We highlight the importance of the choice of the appropriate weight matrix. We find positive knowledge … knowledge spills over and contributes to economic performance depends largely on the choice of the weight matrix. We see this as …

estimation methods rely on the key assumption that the spatial weight matrix is strictly exogenous, which would likely be … specification and estimation of the SAR model with an endogenous spatial weight matrix. We provide three estimation methods: two …

leads to an optimal weight matrix and a GMM objective function that are considerably simpler than those from a previous …